CVE-2016-1564

6.1 mediumEPSS 2.9%

Medium (6.1) in wordpress wordpress. EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php in WordPress before 4.4.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) stylesheet name or (2) template name to wp-admin/customize.php.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.1 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 87% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2016-05-22
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

wordpress:wordpress

References

http://twitter.com/brutelogic/statuses/685105483397619713
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3444
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/4
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034622
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.1

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